English

in listening and speaking as well as reading and writing. The children are encouraged to read widely and may borrow books from the school library for use in the classroom or to read at home. Throughout the school pupils are offered high quality literature that helps to broaden their vocabulary and provides challenging writing tasks. We set high expectations for all our pupils to which they respond well. Teaching of English is frequently linked and rehearsed within other areas of the curriculum in order to extend pupils’ learning through broad and balanced learning experiences.

In our English curriculum we teach across three main broad areas: communication, reading and writing. Provision in the curriculum will enable pupils to:-

Communication

Engage in meaningful discussions in all areas of the curriculum

Listen to and learn a wide range of subject vocabulary

Through reading identify vocabulary that enriches and enlivens stories

Speak to small and larger audiences at frequent intervals

Practise and rehearse sentences and stories, gaining feedback on the overall effect and the use of standard English

Listen to and tell stories often so as to internalise the structure

Debate issues and formulate well-constructed points

Reading

Read and listen to a wide range of styles of text, including fairy stories, myths and legends

Listen to and discuss a wide range of texts

Learn poetry by heart

Increase familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths and legends, traditional stories, modern fiction, classic British fiction and books from other cultures